Book Review: Walfrid: A Life of Faith, Community and Football
By Dr Michael Connolly. Published by Argyle Books Reviewer, Barry Sheppard The connections between Glasgow Celtic Football Club and Ireland are well …
North and South: Football and Irish Partition
The partition of Ireland is reflected in the separateness and rivalry of its two international football teams. Sathesh Alagappan looks at the …
Book review: Ireland’s Call: Irish Sporting Heroes who Fell in the Great War
By Stephen Walker Published by Merrion Press, Sallins, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-78537-018-2 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan “I felt more nervous before playing an …
Book Review: Locked Out – A Century of Irish Working Class Life
Editor: David Convery Publisher: Irish Academic Press, 2013. Price: €24.95 or less from the publisher Reviewer: John Dorney There was a time when …
The perfect symbol – Italia 90 and Irish Identity
A personal view on how international football and Irish identity collided in the 1990 World Cup. By John Dorney. The Republic of …
Four Bloody Sundays
In the wake of the Saville Report on the events in Derry in 1972, John Dorney looks at the place of “Bloody …